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Figure 2 Pulmonary angiograms obtained in the frontal (A to D) and oblique (E) views in 1 sheep. (A) Normal baseline pulmonary angiogram. (B) Angiogram obtained after thrombus injection shows massive pulmonary embolism of the left main pulmonary artery with complete occlusion of the depending left pulmonary arteries (arrows). (C) Fluoroscopy image after placement of the pulmonary stent (arrows) attached to the wire. (D, E) Frontal and left anterior oblique angiograms obtained by contrast injection through the stent delivery sheath after left-sided stent deployment shows considerable recanalization and improved perfusion of the left upper and lower lobes. Residual stenosis due to compressed embolus (arrow in E).
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